Assess

Assessment includes a vast stages:

Statement of Ethics

The statement of ethics should be well-defined by the publisher holding the journal , so as to make a clear picture to the researchers on the ethics that the authors, reviewers and the publishers are supposed to follow.

Pre-Review process

To take a publisher into consideration for fitting them into the quality assurance process, standards will be followed by NAPS . It might include minimal criteria that are supposed to be followed by any journal publisher to satisfy the ethics as defined above. The Proof-reading methods followed and the plagiarism policy followed are taken into consideration.

Editorial Board

An Editorial board serves as a backbone of the Journal. A strong Editorial Board provides a standard article to be considered for publication. This basic requirement would be analysed on the editors profile to enhance the status of the publisher.

Review process

Review process among its several types stands alone in every aspect holds a unique procedure. The review process of the Journal that comes under the publisher should be clearly specified , that enables the author of the article to decide if the journal fits into their expectation. The stages of review and the criteria chosen to assign a reviewer are also considered to decide on the standard.

Publication

The publication history speaks out the contribution of each journal to the research community. This infact, decides the impact factor of the journal to the research community. The views, downloads over a period of time will be analysed. The duration taken for publication from the date of submission are taken into consideration.